July 2019 Sex offender failed to tell police where he was staying A convicted sex offender failed to tell police where he was living in breach of a court order. Derrick Dawkins, aged 45, faced a judge to admit breaking the notification terms under the Sexual Offences Act. He appeared at Plymouth Crown Court to plead guilty to failing to tell the police of his whereabouts for at least seven days between March and July last year. Ed Bailey, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said it was the defendant’s third conviction for failing to comply with the notification arrangements. Judge Paul Darlow adjourned the case until a date to be fixed for consideration of a probation report. Dawkins, of Kingsley Road, Mutley, was released on bail.